Trona R050228

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Name: Trona
RRUFF ID: R050228
Ideal Chemistry: Na3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O
Locality: Stauffer mine, Green River, Wyoming, USA
Source: Marcus Origlieri
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Aggregate of pale yellowish brown flattened crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050228.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Na3.00(CO3)(HCO3)ยท2H2O ; CO2 and H not measured but estimated by stoichiometry. The lighter inclusion is dolomite.
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050228
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050228.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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RRUFF ID: R050228.1
Sample Description: Powder
Instrument settings: PIKE GladiATR - Far-IR on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050228.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 20.4101(9)Å    b: 3.4904(2)Å    c: 10.3297(5)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 106.453(4)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 705.75(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Trona

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Bagge C (1773) Om trona, eller ett slags natron, som finnes i Konungariket Tripoli i Barbariet, Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar, 34, 140-143   [view file]

Murdoch J (1951) Notes on California minerals nuevite = samarskite; trona and hanksite; gaylussite, American Mineralogist, 36, 358-362   [view file]

Choi C S, Mighell A D (1982) Neutron diffraction study of sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Acta Crystallographica, B38, 2874-2876

O'Bannon E, Beavers C M, Williams Q (2014) Trona at extreme conditions: a pollutant-sequestering material at high pressures and low temperatures, American Mineralogist, 99, 1973-1984